Caption

Mating pair of mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) lyrefish left small female specimen right larger male specimen, Pacific Ocean, Yap Island, Yap State, Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia FSM, Australia, Oceania

Date

Aug 26, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK25B34_132

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,4Mb (2,7Mb) / 14,2in x 9,4in / 4248 x 2832 (300dpi)

Keywords

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